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I have not bought a singe gift bag, not one roll of wrapping paper, nor even just one gift bow in all my adult years.
Instead of wasting my hard-earned cash on frivolous shiny wrapping that is quickly discarded, I use recycled materials to wrap gifts.
When someone gives me a gift, I carefully open it in order to preserve the paper. Even small pieces can be reused to turn a plain paper bag into a festive, collage-style gift bag. Glitter, glue, stamps, paint and even pompoms and pipe cleaners, can be added to the blank side of cut and flattened brown paper bags to create one-of-a-kind wrapping paper.
Salvaged ribbons and bows make perfect recycled gift wrapping accessories, as do old buttons and lace from long retired linens.
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
while I am guilty of Christmas paper, I don't wrap anything else in non-recycled materials.
ReplyDeleteI especially love newspaper and brown paper bags! A friend uses old sheet music from when she owned a dancing school that had a live pianist for all the classes.
i use newspaper expecially the comic part is fantastic for wrapping. and i use raffia which is reusable...yay for recycling.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the necklace- I am a Taurus too :)
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I buy mine at yard sales and thrift stores - a kind of recycling. I saw someone use tape from reel-to-reel or cassettes - fabulous!
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